Textron Forms Alliance With Russian Bureau

September 11, 1992

Textron Lycoming of Stratford, a manufacturer of gas turbine engines, announced at the Farnborough Air Show that it has signed a memorandum of understanding establishing a business alliance on two engines with the Yakovlev Design Bureau of the Russian Federation.

The long-term agreement, capping months of discussions between Lycoming and Yakovlev officials, calls for Lycoming to supply LF500 turbofan engines to power two classes of Russian regional business jets, the YAK-40TLs and YAK-48s